Necktie-fastening device.



A. E. HALM.

NEGKTIB FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17. 1909.

980,515. y Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

AUGUST E. HALIVI, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTIE-IEASTENING- DEVICE.

eao,515.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed September 17, 1909. Serial No. 518,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST E. I-IALM, subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fastening Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction in necktie fastening devices, the object being to provide coacting means on the necktie and collar button for firmly securing the former to the latter and at the same time constituting said necktie the means for main-- taining the collar in place and consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention: Figure -1- is a perspective view of a necktie and collar button equipped with coacting fastening means for securing the necktie on said button. Fig. -2- is a rear elevation of the necktie. Fig. -3- is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. -2-. Fig. -4- is a front elevation of the collar button. Fig. -5- is a side elevation of the same. Fig. -6- is a top plan view of the same. Fig. -7- is a perspective view showing an embodiment of my invention in which a wire hook is employed in connection with a button having a slightly different form of head from that shown in previous figures. Figs. -8- and -9- are respectively a side elevation and a top plan view of the button shown in Fig. -7-. vation of the button and hook shown in Fig. -7-. Fig. -11- is a detail perspective view of a button and hook showing another embodiment of my invention.

In Fig. -7 a modified form of construction of button is shown in which the head 11 instead of the shank 2 is provided with a longitudinal slot 12 which is adapted to receive the nose of the hook. This modification enables a somewhat shorter button shank to be used and also a more contracted hook as will be obvious although such hook is omitted from illustration as being readily understood from the description.

My invention has for its particular object to provide means whereby a necktie will be Fig. --l0- is a view in front ele-- equipped with a flat shank 2 having a head 3 tapered at its ends and which is slightly longer than the width of the shank 2 of the button and which extends transversely thereof at its free end and is integral therewith. In said shank immediately rearwardly of said head I provide a lateral slot l which is adapted to receive the nose 5 of a hook 6 mounted upon the necktie 7, said hook being made preferably of elastic metal, such as spring steel, brass or the like, either sheet or wire. The said hook is provided with a shank which is suitably secured to a stiftening strip 9 mounted upon and forms a part of the necktie 7, the latter being of any suitable shape and style. The said nose 5 of said hook 6 is bent preferably to substantially ogee shape so that the distance between the free end of the nose thereof and the shank 8 is less than the distance between the body of said nose and said shank, a loop 10 having a contracted mouth being thus formed.

My device is intended for use particularly in connection with the so-called turn-down or turn-over collars now popularly worn b gentlemen. This style of collar usually a fords some difficulty in securing the same upon the collar band of the shirt owing to its greater' resistance to assuming the circular shape required to surround the neck. It is usually necessary that these collars be secured by means of a button having a head of considerably larger dimensions than usual as the resistance to bending will generally cause the collar to become disengaged from a button having a relatively small head. In adjusting a necktie both hands of the wearer are engaged so that any difficulty experienced with retaining the collar in place will defeat or render very diflicult successfuly adjustment of the tie. Furthermore, in this style of collars a necktie band passing completely around the neck is usually crowded and engaged in such a way as to prevent ready slippage thereof between the'flanges of'the col-` lar in which such bandis received.l In `view of these difficulties it is desirable that the short pieces of stiffening, above referred to, be mounted upon the back of the tie and the ends thereof slipped underneath theA outer flange of the collar in a well-known manner. The head of the button illustrated affords means fo-r retaining thefcollar in position while adjusting the necktie. The said head is so shaped and preferably coincides in length substantially with the button hole or button holes in the inner flanges or neck bands of the collars through which it must pass. Its thickness between its ends serves `to resist passage through the button hole to a sufficient degree to avoid danger of accidental release of the collar, this being further rendered di'iiicult by reason of the projection of said head at its ends beyond the Yside edges of the shank.

The diameter of the loop 10 of the hook coincides substantially with the greatest diameter or diagonal, as the case may be, of Vt-he button head 3 while the distance between the free end of the nose of the hook and the y shank of the same is less than the greatest diameter or diagonal of the button head. Accordingly, the said nose of the hook must 'be sprung outwardly over the said head in order to enter the slot in the shank and in this manner the said head is yieldingly conlined in the loop 10 thus preventing free upward movement of the necktie. Movement in this direction is further resisted by engagement of the ends of the stiifening strip with the collar. The said nose of the hook after being passed through said slot serves to retain the collar in place as will be obvious.

In the foregoing description and in Figs. -1-, -2- and -3- of the drawings the necktie hook is shown as formed of sheet metal. It will be understood, of course, that a similarly formed hook of wire is the equivalent of a sheet metal hook and may be substituted therefor. In constructing the hook of wire, however, I find it desirable to vary the shape somewhat for the reason that a wire hook in which the nose ofthe hook forms a loop, is capable of being laterally contracted. Furthermore, a hook of this character provides a greater number of engaging surfaces than a sheet metal hook and Vextending projections 16 adapted to perform the same functions as the projecting ends of the button head shown in Figs. -4-, -5-

and -6-. The hook employed is made of wire and consists of the substantially U- shaped loop 17 constituting the nose of the hook which is contracted at its upper end so as to be narrower at this point than adjacent the nose portion thereof. The free end portions of the legs of said loop 17 are bent over to form inverted U-shaped loops 18 and extend parallel with each other as at 19, below said loops and terminate in U-shaped loops 20 opposing the loops 18. The said loops 20 are adapted to receive the stiffening strip of the necktie such as the strip 9 shown in Figs. -1-, 2 and -3- and be contracted thereon to firmly clamp the same therein. The nose portion or loop 17 is further bent in a plane of ogee curved form so that the distance between the widest portion of said loop 17 and the parallel portions 19 of the legs is less than the greatest width of the loops 18. Hence, in inserting the said nose 17 of the hook through the slot 14 it is necessary to contract said loop 17 laterally owing to the slightly less length of the slot than the greatest width of said loop, and furthermore, to spring said loop 17 away from the straight or parallel portions 19 of the legs owing to the fact that the smallest distance between the plane of the loop 17 and said parallel portions 19 is less than the distance between the free end of the button shank and the nearest adjacent wall of the slot 14. The said head 15 of the button is of a width substantially equal to the distance between the loops 18 so that after said hook is sprung through said slot 14 the arches of the loops 18 will lie in contact with and engage the button head 15 and further by reason of the snug lit in the slot 14 will hold the necktie firmly against movement in any direction relatively to the button.

The bow ties, very generally worn by gentlemen, are very apt in the ordinary manner of securing the same to tilt and remain in a slanted position which is very detrimental to neatness of appearance. By providing means for obtaining a relatively rigid hold on the button shank by the hook on the tie, tilting of the tie relatively to the button is entirely obviated while at the same time the engagement of the flat shank with the button holes on the collar band of the shirt and the collar will prevent tilting of the button. Thus a straight horizontal position of the necktie is assured.

In Fig. -11- I have shown a further modification of construction in which a cylindrical elongated button head 21 is employed, the ends of which are ta )ered and project beyond the side edges of tie button shank. Said head is adapted to be embraced by the loops 22 of the wire hook, the nose portion of which is formed similarly to that illustrated in Fig. -7- and the function and action of which relatively to the slot 23 is substantially the same as that of the nose portion 17 of the hook illustrated in Figs. -7- and -l0-.

I desire to direct particular attention to the fact that in my device the hook employed is not designed merely to aord means for hanging the tie on the collar button but that a yielding embracing engagement of the hook With the button head constitutes an essential feature of the invention and I believe is entirely novel in the art.

I claim as my invention:

A device of the kind speciied, comprising in combination, a collar button consisting of a head, a flat shank thereon provided adjacent its free end with a lateral slot, a head on the free end of said shank bordering one Wall of said slot, a necktie, and a hook secured to said necktie, the nose of said hook entering said slot, the last-named head of said button being engaged by said hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

AUGUST E. HALM.

Vitnesses:

RUDOLPH WM. Lofrz, E. H. MAoDoWELL. 

